Improvement in lacing-buttons



G. W. PRENTIOE. Laoing Button.

No. 201,445. atented March 19, 1878..

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GEORGE W. PRENTIGE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAClNG-BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 201,445, dated March19, 1878; application filed February 19, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PRENTIOE, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Laoing-Button, for fastening wearing apparel bymeans of a lacing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which-Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my complete invention. Fig. 2represents a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 represents a rearview.Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the metallic connecting-prongs.

Fig. 5 represents a detail view of the lacing portion detached from theconnecting-prongs, and Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on the linea: a of Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the saidfigures.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of lacing-buttons,.or devices resembling a button or stud, which have penetrating-pron gsat their base for attaching the lacing portion or head to wearingapparel, instead of by sewing in the usual way; and the inventionconsists of an oval or rounded head, having a curved neck or shankprojecting at right angles from a base-plate, said neck or shank beingprovided with a suitable opening for the introduction of the rear prongof a metallic connection, for attaching the lacing portion to wearingapparel, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointedout in the claims.

In the drawings, A denotes the oonvexoconcave head, having the curvedneck or shank portion 1), projecting at right angles from the base platea, the whole being struck up or formed from a single piece of sheetmetal by suitable mechanism adapted for that purpose.

B represents the metallic connection or fastener described in LettersPatent granted to David Heaton, under date of July 21, 1874,

and numbered 153,220, and which is so constructed as to provide a stapleat one side over the single prong d, which is inserted I through theopening a in the neck or shank portionb of the'headA, which operationbrings the base-platec directly under the table formed by the frontprongs e e, a projection, f, at the front of said base-plate c fittingin the opening between the two front prongs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,thereby securely locking the lacing-head in position.

It will be observed that by thus connecting the lacing-head to themetallic fastening connection, and then attaching the same to wearin gapparel in the usual manner, the lacinghead is held securely and firmlyin an upright position from the face of the material, the same as ifboth head and prongs were formed of a single piece of metal. 7

The neck or shank bis preferably constructed of a curved shape, as shownin Fig. 6, the object of which is such as to make the said neck stiffand inflexible, to withstand the lacingstrain, as also to present nosharp edges or angles to cut or wear the lacing, which passes around thesaid neck, and which is kept in place thereon by the overlapping head A.

In place of the metallic connection or fast ener already referred to, itmay be observed that my invention is equally applicable to other formsof fastenings, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

By means of my present improvements, I am enabled to produce alacing-button possess ing the necessary requisites of strength anddurability, combined with a greater economy of the stock employed, andwhich can be constructed much cheaper than those heretofore used for thesame purpose, which are formed of a double quantity of material, andmore difficult of manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis- 1. The herein-described lacing-button, con sistin g of the head A,having curved neck or shank b, with central opening a, and base plate 0,provided with the projection f, the whole being formed of a single pieceof ma terial, and adapted for operation in connec tion with the metallicconnection or fasten- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ing B,substantially as and for the purpose my own invention I affix mysignature in presspecified. ence of two Witnesses.

2. Inalacing-button, theheadA, constructed GEO. W. PRENTIOE. asdescribed, in combination with a suitable Witnesses: metallic connectionor fastener, substantially GEO. W. EARLE, as and for the purposespecified. JAs. F. THAYER.

